Although the run up to Christmas is the busiest shopping time of the year, this week shoppers are being asked to take some time out from consumerism for Buy Nothing Day 2008.
Buy Nothing Day 2008 takes place this Saturday and to prepare for the day, the Galway One World Centre, Bridge Mills, Dominick Street, is showing the documentary The Story Of Stuff tonight at 7pm.
“Christmas is an ideal time to look at what and how we consume, and what effects this has both locally and globally,” said Heike Vornhagen, co-ordinator of the Galway One World Centre. “The Story Of Stuff looks specifically at how we extract resources, create products, and produce pollution and waste, and who really pays for what we buy.”
